INTENSIVKURS PHYSIOLOGIE

By A. KIRAE

CONTENTS UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY THE CELL AND GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER 1 FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE HUMAN BODY AND CONTROL OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 3 CHAPTER 2 THE CELL AND ITS FUNCTIONS 10 CHAPTER 3 GENETIC CONTROL OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS CELL FUNCTION AND CELL REPRODUCTION 20 UNIT II MEMBRANE PHYSIOLOGY NERVE AND MUSCLE CHAPTER 4 TRANSPORT OF SUBSTANCES THROUGH CELL MEMBRANES 31 CHAPTER 5 MEMBRANE POTENTIALS AND ACTION POTENTIALS 38 CHAPTER 6 CONTRACTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE 45 CHAPTER 7 EXCITATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION AND EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING 52 CHAPTER 8 EXCITATION AND CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE 57 UNIT III THE HEART CHAPTER 9 CARDIAC MUSCLE THE HEART AS A PUMP AND FUNCTION OF THE HEART VALVES 65 CHAPTER 10 RHYTHMICAL EXCITATION OF THE HEART 73 CHAPTER 11 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY 78 CONTENTS CHAPTER 12 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF CARDIAC MUSCLE AND CORONARY BLOOD FLOW ABNORMALITIES VECTORIAL ANALYSIS 81 CHAPTER 13 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND THEIR ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION 86 UNIT IV THE CIRCULATION CHAPTER 14 OVERVIEW OF THE CIRCULATION PRESSURE FLOW AND RESISTANCE 93 CHAPTER 15 VASCULAR DISTENSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ARTERIAL AND VENOUS SYSTEMS 99 CHAPTER 16 THE MICROCIRCULATION AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM CAPILLARY FLUID EXCHANGE INTERSTITIAL FLUID AND LYMPH FLOW 105 CHAPTER 17 LOCAL AND HUMORAL CONTROL OF TISSUE BLOOD FLOW 115 CHAPTER 18 NERVOUS REGULATION OF THE CIRCULATION AND RAPID CONTROL OF ARTERIAL PRESSURE 125 CHAPTER 19 ROLE OF THE KIDNEYS IN LONG TERM CONTROL OF ARTERIAL PRESSURE AND IN HYPERTENSION THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ARTERIAL PRESSURE REGULATION 134 CHAPTER 20 CARDIAC OUTPUT VENOUS RETURN AND THEIR REGULATION 146 CHAPTER 21 MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW AND CARDIAC OUTPUT DURING EXERCISE THE CORONARY CIRCULATION AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 153 CHAPTER 22 CARDIAC FAILURE 159 CHAPTER 23 HEART VALVES AND HEART SOUNDS VALVULAR AND CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS 165